Sash-weight.



' PATENTED PEB. 25, 1,908,

G. E. RHORER.

SASH WEIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1o. 1907.

j a detail showing the joint between the CHARLES E. RHORER, OF COLUMBUS, NDIAN;

saisir-WEIGHT.

lSpeccation of'Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed June 10. 1907l Serial No. 378.277.

To all whom it may concer/1t:

Be it known-that I, CHARLES E. RHOEER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Co lumbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of indiana, have invented certain new and useful 1m roveinents in Sash-Veights,

oi' which the 'fo lowing is a speciiication.

An object or' the invention is to construct the interlocking ends of the weights in a strong and durable manner which will be su'llicicnt to withstand the blows and hard usage incident to shipment and handling, and which would otherwise render the weights useless should these fastenings be broken.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanyiny drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a detail in vertical section of a window frame showing the sash-box into which for the suspension of a sash my im! proved weight is being introduced. Fig. 2 is a detail on a larger scale, and in partial section, of the weight shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is two top members or' the combination shown in Fig. 2, the view being on a plane at right angles to that on which Fig. 2 was taken, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4'-4 of Fig. 2;

Like characters of reference indicate like parts thoughout the several views of the drawing.

5 represents the side or' a window frame, 6 the weight-box lormed therein, 7 the removable portion of pocket through the frame into the Weight-box, S a Window sash, the cordpulley and 1() the cord passing over the puley 9 and connectingthe sash 8 with the sash weights 12.

The weights 12 are of the same general construction, dil'ering only in size so as to )ermit units of different weights to be combined into a whole to meet the requirements in properly balancing the window sash. As each of these units 12 are alike in general construction a description of one will suilice for all of them. Formed in the upper end ol each weight-section or unit 12 is a recess 14. through which the c ord 1,() will be passed and tied in'securing the top member of a series, and for the remaining units of that series their respective recesses will be engaged by hooks 16 formed `on the lower ends of each of said units. The cross-bar 16 forming the outer end of the recess is supported by the two parallel side walls 18, the front corner 20 of which is cut eti' at an oblique angle to permit two adjacent sections to bc folded together at right angles for the purpose ol' assembling the sections and also to permit the introduction of the weights into the box o through the pocket 7.v The opposite upper corner of the wall 18 is a right angle as snown at 22, its u pper edge being in alinement with the. center of the bar 16 to act as a stop in limiting the backward movement o'l' the sections at their joints. The hook 16 is llat-sidcd and is inserted through the recess 14. The end ol' the. hook, extends up sul'liciently to require a section which is to be hooked onto it, to be raised into a horizontal position at right angles to the verti nl section, and to allow lor this the lower lront corner .26 is removed as shown. Abrupt shoulders 28 are formed at the junction ol the hook with the body 21, and these shoulders by contact with the cor-- ners 22 of the adjacent weight section limit the backward movement of the sections at their joints.

The operation and. manner ol assembling and use of my invention is so simple and o bvious that l'urther description is unnecessary, attention being called howcvcrto the strong and substantial formations of both recess and hook which permit the disconnected sections or units to be handled roughly iu shipment and installation, as such articles generell;p are, without damage.

llaving thus fully described my invention what l claim as new and wish -to secure b v .lietters Patent of the United Stai es, isf- 1. In a compound sash-weight, a weight unit having a recess at one end, and a hookA at the other end of the unit making a working lit with a corresponding recess ot' an adjacent unit, said hook having un lip-turned end to require an angular relation in assemblingl the units, said units having oblique corners adjacent to thc open side of tho hook, and s houlders opposite the oblique corners in a plane approximately through the center oiE said cross-bar.l i

2. In a compound sash weight, a weight unit having a recess at one end and a'hook at its other end, said recess comprising a pair of parallel plates and a cross-bar located approximatelyfmidway between two opposite sides ol the weight, and said hook having straight parallel sides to lit the slot ol its adjacent unit and anupturned end to require. an angular relation of the units in assembling same, said hook having an angle or corner to contact with the adjacent unit, and the cor- Q 3i A sectional sash-Weight member having l having parallel front and back faces, and

I having the front corners of both endsof the member beveled.

In Witnesswhereof, I, have hereunto sxetjmyv hand and seal at1v Indianapolis, Indiana, this. 25th day of April,l A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seven.

CHARLESE. RHORER.. fr. Si

ners of both-units on their sides adjacent to the open side of the hook being beveled.

15 at lone end a flat-sided,l central, projecting hook provided with a transverse circular opening and a front entrance thereto, the body of the member extendin at its back approximately to the middle o the circular opening, and at its other end provided with a recessl ormed With perallelsides 'to receive W'itnessesi. the hook yo a contiguous member, rand a F. W. WOERNEIL, cross-bar half in the recess and half above,

' E. E. MInLER. 

